getTV's October Programming includes Rita Hayworth, Doris Day, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and a Monster Halloween Marathon
(Sep 23, 2014 | Sony getTV)
getTV CELEBRATES THE THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT WITH A MONSTER HALLOWEEN MARATHON FEATURING GENRE ICONS BELA LUGOSI, VINCENT PRICE AND PETER CUSHING, ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 AT 7 P.M. ET Highlights Include a Month of Rita Hayworth, the 75th Anniversary of MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, and Stunts Starring Frank Sinatra, Michael Caine, Doris Day and More CULVER CITY, CA - Monday,...read more
getTV's Scheduled Prime Time Programming Highlights for September 22-28 Include A Mickey Rooney Film from 1934 and the 1932 Tim McCoy film 'Daring Danger'
(Sep 22, 2014 | Sony getTV)
getTV's Scheduled Prime Time Programming Highlights for September 22-28 Include A Mickey Rooney Film from 1934 and the 1932 Tim McCoy film 'Daring Danger'Monday, September 22 at 8:30 pm ET - The Owl And The Pussycat - A nebbish bookstore clerk and a neighborhood hooker meet, fight and fall in love. Starring: Starring: Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein and Herbert Ross. (1970)Tuesday, September...read more
Polly Bergen, 'Cape Fear' Actress, Dies at 84
(Sep 20, 2014 | Variety)
SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 | 01:46PM PTMaane Khatchatourian@MaaneKhatActress and singer Polly Bergen, who's best known for her role in the original "Cape Fear" opposite Gregory Peck, died at her home in Connecticut on Saturday. She was 84.Bergen had battled emphysema in the late 1990s."It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of legendary actress and long-time friend and client,...read more
New Book - Scandals of Classic Hollywood Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
(Sep 19, 2014 | Penguin Books)
Scandals of Classic HollywoodSex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinemaby Anne Helen Petersen To purchase, click here. Gossip meets history-a compulsively readable collection of Hollywood's most notorious clashes and controversies in the spirit of Hollywood Babylon Believe it or not, America's fascination with celebrity culture was thriving well...read more
Kino Lorber Releases Nine Hollywood Classics Making their Blu-ray debuts in October
(Sep 17, 2014 | Kino Lorber)
Kino Lorber Releases Nine Hollywood Classics Making their Blu-ray debuts in October Billion Dollar Brain, Topkapi, True Confessions, Mulholland Falls, Last Embrace, Married to the Mob, Desperately Seeking Susan, The Naked Face and Gorky Park to become available on DVD and for the first time on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 - Kino Lorber...read more
Warner Archive Collection New Releases: Saddletramps & Saboteurs!
(Sep 16, 2014 | Warner Brothers Archives)
THE LUSTY MEN (1952) WARNER ARCHIVE SHOP EXCLUSIVE! Nicholas Ray's noir-tinged dark fable about a bronco-buster lassoed by fate makes its DVD debut at last, and is newly remastered! Exiled from the heaven of the circuit, famed rodeo rider Jeff McCloud (Robert Mitchum) wanders through ranch-hand purgatory and into the lives of Louise (Susan Hayward) and Wes (Arthur Kennedy) Merritt who are doing...read more
TCM Remembers Lauren Bacall: 24-hour Marathon of Memorable Performances September 15-16
(Sep 15, 2014 | TCM)
TCM REMEMBERS LAUREN BACALLTurner Classic Movies will celebrate the life and career of legendary actress Lauren Bacall with a 24-hour marathon of memorable performances, including all four films in which she co-starred with husband Humphrey Bogart. TCM's tribute to Bacall, who passed away August 12 at the age of 89, will air Monday, Sept. 15, beginning at 8 p.m. (ET), and will conclude Tuesday, Sept....read more
getTV's Prime Time Programming Schedule for the Week of Sept. 15 includes Jerry Lewis Madcap Comedy, 1920's Class Barriers and Mickey Rooney High Jinks
(Sep 14, 2014 | Sony getTV)
Jerry Lewis Madcap Comedy, 1920's Class Barriers, Mickey Rooney High Jinks and Infidelity Issues Highlight getTV's Prime Time Schedule This Week Monday, September 15 at 8:10 pm ET - The Hireling - An insightful examination of class barriers in England in the 1920s, following the romance between a wealthy young widow and her hired chauffeur. Starring: Robert Shaw, Sarah Miles, Elizabeth...read more
New Book - The Making of Gone with the Wind
(Sep 14, 2014 | University of Texas Press)
The Making of Gone with the Wind by Steve WilsonIn stores September 1, 2014 To purchase, click here. Gone With The Wind is one of the most popular movies of all time. To commemorate its seventy-fifth anniversary in 2014, The Making of Gone With The Wind presents more than 600 items from the archives of David O. Selznick, the film's producer, and his business...read more
Denny Miller, Star of 'Tarzan' and 'Wagon Train,' Dies at 80 (Sept 9)
(Sep 12, 2014 | Hollywood Reporter)
Denny Miller, Star of 'Tarzan' and 'Wagon Train,' Dies at 803:22 PM PST 09/12/2014 by Mike BarnesHe played basketball at UCLA under John Wooden and appeared with Peter Sellers in 'The Party' and in commercials for fish sticksCourtesy of Everett CollectionMiller in 'Wagon Train'Denny Miller, who played scout Duke Shannon on the classic TV Western Wagon Train and was the first blond Tarzan...read more
James Bond Villain Richard Kiel Dies at 74
(Sep 10, 2014 | Hollywood Reporter)
James Bond Villain Richard Kiel Dies at 745:25 PM PST 09/10/2014 by Mike BarnesHe played Jaws, the towering bad guy with the steel teeth, in 'The Spy Who Loved Me' and 'Moonraker'Richard Kiel, the 7-foot-2 actor who played Jaws, the James Bond villain with the teeth of steel, died Wednesday. He was 74.Kiel broke his leg last week and died in St. Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, Calif., according...read more
Warner Archive Collection New Releases: We Pushed The Button! The Great Race, The Desert Song and More...
(Sep 9, 2014 | Warner Brothers Archives)
THE GREAT RACE Blu-ray Disc (1965) Blake Edwards' seminal screen comedy sparkles in its 1080p HD presentation, as befits this lavish love letter to the comedy of yore that Edwards intended it to be. This tongue-in-cheek satire set in an early 20th Century auto race between The Great Leslie (Tony Curtis) and Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon) is the vanguard for many fantasia's to come, from Wacky Races...read more
Prime Time Programming Highlights for getTV the Week of September 8: Divorce American Style, Brian’s Song and More...
(Sep 8, 2014 | Sony getTV)
getTV’s Scheduled Prime Time Programming Highlights for September 8-14 Debbie Reynolds, Peter Falk, James Caan, and Mickey Rooney Join A Host of Others This Week on getTV! Monday, September 8 at 7:10 pm ET - Divorce American Style - A nouveau-riche Los Angeles couple who, after 17 years of marriage, decide to call it quits. Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Dick Van Dyke,...read more
Andrew McLaglen, Director in the Heyday of TV Westerns, Dies at 94 (August 30, 2014)
(Sep 3, 2014 | New York Times)
Andrew McLaglen, Director in the Heyday of TV Westerns, Dies at 94By BRUCE WEBERSEPT. 3, 2014Andrew V. McLaglen, a British-born director whose work in American westerns on television and in the movies starred such notable screen cowpokes, gunslingers and lawmen as John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, James Arness and James Stewart, died on Saturday at his home in Friday Harbor, Wash. He was 94.His death...read more
TCM’s Friday Night Spotlight for September: Alec Baldwin and Robert Osborne Present Pre-Code Classics Fridays in September
(Sep 2, 2014 | TCM)
Alec Baldwin & Robert Osborne co-host Alec Baldwin and Robert Osborne Present Pre-Code Classics Fridays in September TCM Looks at Freewheeling Era with 24 Hours of Movies Every Friday During September Every Friday in September, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is heading back in time to the pre-Code era, before American films fell...read more